Do not expect the naming patterns to be applied too rigidly in the past 100 years or so. In my own family, my grandmother was convinced that the name Roderick, the next on the list for a son, always brought bad luck in our family, so, when my uncle was born they called the dog Roderick and my uncle was christened Alexander. Regards, Iain Mckenzie ---------- > From: Jennifer Lambert Tracey <jtracey@heritagearchaeology.com.au> > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [SCT-INV-L] Help- Scottish Naming Patterns > Date: 28 August 2000 04:16 > > My sincere thanks to the many people who have replied with details of the > Scottish Naming Patterns. I really do appreciate your help. Now it is just a > case of seeing if this family of ours complied with tradition! > > Best wishes, > Jen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jennifer Lambert Tracey > HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY > Archaeological & Heritage Assessment Consultants > PO Box 4265 > KINGSTON ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA > Tel / Fax: (02) 6295 6795 > Mobile Tel: 0419 011 860 > http://www.heritagearchaeology.com.au > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AEnone McRae-Clift [mailto:aenone@globalfreeway.com.au] > Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2000 3:07 PM > To: Jennifer Lambert Tracey; SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCT-INV-L] Help- Scottish Naming Patterns > > > Hello Jen, > I found this among my many "useful" printout lists for genealogy. I think it > is the Scottish naming pattern: > > 1st Son after Paternal Grandfather. > 2nd son after Maternal Grandfather. > 3rd son after Father. > 4th son after Father's brother. > and so on until no brothers left, then moving on to the mother's > brothers,etc. > > 1st daughter after Maternal Grandmother. > 2nd daughter after Paternal Grandmother. > 3rd daughter after Mother. > 4th daughter after Mother's sister. > and so on, until no sisters left, then moving on to Father's sisters,etc. > > Hope this helps. > Cheers from Tasmania > AEnone. > > >